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Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Paris | Cullman Center Fellow, New York Public Library, 2019-20

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    1. Susanna Forrest‏ @Susanna_Forrest 12 Jul 2018
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      Hey, people of #horsehistory Twitter, anyone know anything about 18thC Siberian transport by horse? What system existed to access fresh horses while travelling?

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    2. Morgan Brown‏ @morgopolo 12 Jul 2018
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      Replying to @Susanna_Forrest @NekoCase

      I sadly don't know the answer, but this is a wonderful question!

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    3. Susanna Forrest‏ @Susanna_Forrest 12 Jul 2018
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      Replying to @morgopolo @NekoCase

      It’s for a friend! I guess it could be this but I’m not sure how the historic figure in question could use the postal service for transport. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_(route) … although I think he was working for the Tsar at the time.

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    4. Kenny Linden‏ @Kenny_Linden 13 Jul 2018
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      Replying to @Susanna_Forrest @morgopolo @NekoCase

      So the jam (yam is the Persian version, zam is modern Mongolian) was used in the Mongol Empire through the Empire including Siberia. They also used dog sleds in the far north. But AFAIK, this did not extend past into the Tsarist period.

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    5. Kenny Linden‏ @Kenny_Linden 13 Jul 2018
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      Replying to @Kenny_Linden @Susanna_Forrest and

      It is usually called the post system, but it really meant that anyone with permission could get fresh horses and requisition needed supplies from set stations. This continued through the Qing Dynasty in Mongolia. Not sure about Russian colonized Siberia.

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    6. Kenny Linden‏ @Kenny_Linden 13 Jul 2018
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      Replying to @Kenny_Linden @Susanna_Forrest and

      I do know that the Russians just replaced Mongols when it came to taxes from Siberians, mostly in form of furs. Russianists just call it "yasak" without acknowledging it is straight from Mongol jasaq (modern zasag), which means law/government. So lots of infrastructure was copied

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    7. Susanna Forrest‏ @Susanna_Forrest 13 Jul 2018
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      This is very useful. Thank you!

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    8. Kenny Linden‏ @Kenny_Linden 13 Jul 2018
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      Replying to @Susanna_Forrest @morgopolo @NekoCase

      Thanks sorry I can't answer it exactly! I will also keep an eye out for sources that might be of more help in answering that question in more detail.

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      Justin E. H. Smith‏ @jehsmith 14 Jul 2018
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      Replying to @Kenny_Linden @Susanna_Forrest and

      Thanks, Kenny. Reading Georg Gmelin's Reise durch Sibirien (1733-43), it's clear that after the Russian conquest of Siberia they took over the yam infrastructure for long-distance travel.

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